Update of the Ex-Ante Assessment and Investment Strategy for Financial Instruments

| PublishedSeptember 4, 2017 - Deadline September 25, 2017

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Bulgaria: Update of the Ex-Ante Assessment and Investment Strategy for Financial Instruments under Operational Programme Environment 2014-2020, Priority Axis 1,2 and 5 in accordance with the Common Provision Regulation No 1303/2013

Project Description

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ('EBRD', the 'Bank') has agreed to support the Bulgarian Managing Authority ('MA') of the Operational Programme Environment 2014-2020 ('OPE 2014-2020') to prepare an update of the Ex-Ante Assessment and the Investment Strategy for Financial Instruments under Operational Programme Environment 2014-2020. The initial Ex-Ante Assessment, (the 'Initial Ex-Ante Assessment') was prepared in September 2014, and the Updated Ex-Ante Assessment will similarly be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Regulation (EU) No 1303 / 2013 and the Ex-Ante Assessment Methodology for Financial Instruments in the 2014-2020 Programming Period. The Initial Investment Strategy was prepared in late 2015 on the basis of the Initial Ex-Ante Assessment.

Assignment Description

The Bank now intends to engage a consultant, (the 'Consultant'), to assist with the update the Initial Ex-Ante Assessment and Initial Investment Strategy in accordance with the above requirements (the 'Assignment').The Consultant shall undertake the following tasks: a. Update the findings and conclusions of the Initial Ex-Ante Assessment with respect to Priority Axis 1 Water of OPE 2014-2020, in accordance with art. 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1303 / 2013;b. Update the findings and conclusions of the Initial Ex-Ante Assessment with respect to Priority Axis 2 Waste of OPE 2014-2020, in accordance with art. 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1303 / 2013; &c. Update the findings and conclusions of the Initial Ex-Ante Assessment with respect to Priority Axis 5 Improvement of Ambient Air Quality of OPE 2014-2020, in accordance with art. 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.d. Update the finding and conclusions of the Initial Investment Strategy on the basis of the results of the Updated Ex-Ante Analysis.

Status of Selection Process:

Interested firms or group of firms are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.

Assignment Start Date and Duration:

The Assignment is expected to start in Q3 2017 with an estimated overall duration of 5 months.

Cost Estimate for the Assignment:

EUR 130,000; exclusive of VAT. The Consultant must determine whether any indirect taxes/VAT are chargeable on the proposed services and state the basis for such. If any indirect taxes/VAT are payable, the Client will have to pay indirect taxes/VAT element to the services directly to the Consultant unless otherwise agreed.

Funding Source:

It is anticipated that the Assignment will be financed via a Memorandum of Understanding ('MoU') between EBRD and the Government of Bulgaria. Selection and contracting will be subject to the availability of funding.

Eligibility:

There are no eligibility restrictions.

Consultant Profile:

The Consultant will be a firm or a group of firms, with experience of delivering similar ex-ante assessments, feasibility studies in diverse sectors in Bulgaria or other EU countries in Eastern Europe. The Consultant's team should include the following experts:

Key Expert 1: Legal expert with knowledge of and experience in EU/national legislation regarding state aid

Key Expert 3: A pool of sector experts (s) in the areas of (a) environment protection, (b) water and waste water, (c) waste management and (d) air quality.

Key Expert 4: A pool of financial experts with experience in designing, structuring and implementing financial instruments funded with ESIF funds (preferably in South-Eastern Europe) and with commercial banking experience and knowledge of the commercial banking regulations in EU/Bulgaria.

Submission Requirements:

In order to determine the capability and experience of Consultants to be shortlisted, the information submitted should include the following:1. Company / group of firms' profile, organisation and staffing (max. 2-4 pages).2. Details of previous project experience or similar assignments particularly undertaken in the previous five years, including information on contract value, contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided (if different from duration), main activities, objectives.3. CVs of key experts who could carry out the Assignment detailing qualifications, experience in similar assignments, particularly assignments undertaken in the previous five years, including information on contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert months provided, assignment budget, main activities, objectives.4. Completed Consultant Declaration Form and Contact Sheet, the template for which is available from the following web-link:http://www.ebrd.com/pages/workingwithus/procurement/notices/csu/contact_sheet.doc.

The complete expression of interest, including the above submission requirements, shall not exceed 20 pages (excluding CVs Consultant Declaration and Contact Sheet) and shall be submitted to the Bank via eSelection as one file (pdf or Word format), not exceeding 4MB by no later than the closing date.

Bank Contact Person

Sevi SimaviEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentOne Exchange SquareLondon EC2A 2JNTel: + 44 20 7338 6369Email: simavis@ebrd.com (submissions should be sent through eSelection and not to this email address)

Notes:

1. The shortlist criteria are as follows:(a) Firm's previous project experience in similar assignments of delivering similar ex-ante assessments, feasibility studies in diverse sectors in Bulgaria or other EU countries in Eastern Europe. (40%);(b) CV of key experts (60%).

2. The selection will normally be made from responses to this notification only. Consultants will not be asked to submit a proposal. The highest-ranked Consultant will be selected from a shortlist and be invited to negotiate the contract, subject to availability of funding.

Financial information systems

1. Lot № 1 - "Access to financial information on two channels, one private and one public channel, as well as access to a trading platform";

2. Lot № 2 - "Access to financial information on one public channel with the ability to access it from any point." The scope of the contract includes access to financial information in Appendix № 1 / Annex № 2 (depending on the lot) according to the requirements listed in the Technical Specification - Annex № 3 / Application № 4 (depending on the lot) that an integral part of the documentation for the procurement by providing access to its infrastructure of specified employees of the contracting authority.

Providing access to financial information in Appendix № 1 in accordance with the requirements listed in the Technical Specification - Annex № 3, which are an integral part of the documentation for the procurement by providing access to its infrastructure of specified employees of the contracting authority.

Providing access to financial information in Appendix № 2 according to the requirements listed in the Technical Specification - Annex № 4, which are an integral part of the documentation for the procurement by providing access to its infrastructure of specified employees of the contracting authority.

Financial information systems

"Access to financial information on 2 lots." The contract includes the following 2 lots:

1.Obosobena position № 1 - "Access to financial information on two channels, one private and one public channel, as well as access to a trading platform";

2. Lot № 2 - "Access to financial information on one public channel with the ability to access it from any point."

The scope of the contract includes services for accessing financial information in Appendix № 1 / Annex № 2 (depending on the lot) according to the requirements listed in the Technical Specification - Annex № 3 / Application № 4 (depending on the lot) which are an integral part of the documentation for the procurement by providing access to the infrastructure of the selected artists of specified employees of the contracting authority.

The scope of Lot includes services for accessing financial information in Appendix № 1 in accordance with the requirements listed in the Technical Specification - Annex № 3, which are an integral part of the documentation for the procurement by providing access to the infrastructure of the selected contractor explicit mentioned contracting personnel. Upon signing the contract in the contracting authority will provide written information to the selected contractor for the number and type of financial information in Appendix № 1, used by certain of its employees sponsor. Contracting Authority in writing adds, removes and / or changing the number and / or type of that initial financial information and the number of employees who have access to it. Chosen for the contractor is obliged to provide uninterrupted access to the types of financial information in Appendix № 1 provided under the requirements of the Technical Specification - Annex № 3, an integral part of the documentation for the contract.

The scope of Lot includes services for accessing financial information in Appendix № 2 co ...

Financial information systems

Access to financial information on 2 lots. " The contract includes the following 2 lots:

1. Lot № 1 - "Access to financial information on two channels, one private and one public channel, as well as access to a trading platform";

2. Lot № 2 - "Access to financial information on one public channel with the ability to access it from any point."

The scope of the contract includes services for accessing financial information in Appendix № 1 / Annex № 2 (depending on the lot) according to the requirements listed in the Technical Specification - Annex № 3 / Application № 4 (depending on the lot) which are an integral part of the documentation for the procurement by providing access to the infrastructure of the selected artists of specified employees of the contracting authority.

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Access to financial information from two independent sources ensures the normal flow of business processes at the BNB, many of which are critical for the normal course of business processes in the bank. The provision of services by the two independent sources through different communication channels ensures that the risk of interruption of services and the processes dependent on them is reduced.

The BNB opened an "open procedure" under the PPA, on which no tenders were submitted and the procedure was terminated. As a result, a negotiated procedure was opened without a prior notice, which was also terminated due to the lack of tenders submitted. The impossibility of discontinuing services under existing contracts because of the critical processes they provide to the BNB requires payment of the services rendered under existing contracts. In order to comply with the principles under Art. 2, para. 1 of the Public Procurement Act, before the relevant payment under a contract dated 16 January 1998 and supplemented. dispute, the present notice is published.

Access to financial information from two independent sources ensures the normal flow of business processes at the BNB, many of which are critical for the normal course of business processes in the bank.